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Sexism in Video Games

Added: 17.04.2014 12:14 | 7 views | 0 comments

While the topic is not new, last year a major discussion began about sexism and women in video games. Anita Sarkeesian's series "Tropes versus Women in Video Games" received both praise and derision in the gaming community, and brought the issue to the mainstream. Aside from the controversy regarding the finances of her project, Sarkeesian raised some good points about women in video games. She's right that female protagonists are underrepresented in video games. She's wrong about "the damsel in distress" trope devaluing female characters, and her "Ms. Male" trope is nothing more than a case of confirmation bias.